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God promises Jeremiah that a “new covenant” will be made in the future: a covenant that will allow all the people to know God by heart. The church sees this promise fulfilled in Christ, who draws all people to himself when he is lifted up on the cross. Our baptismal covenant draws us to God’s heart through Christ and draws God’s love and truth into our hearts. We join together in worship, sharing in word, song, and meal, and leave strengthened to share God’s love with all the world.

Scripture Readings: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Psalm 51:1-12; John 12:20-33

Join us each throughout the season of Lent for Psalms of Hope!  This year we are excited to welcome several guest preachers to share reflections on their favorite psalms. Come, let us worship!  

Scripture Readings: Psalm 4

The fourth of the Old Testament promises providing a baptismal lens this Lent is the promise God makes to Moses: those who look on the bronze serpent will live. In today’s gospel Jesus says he will be lifted up on the cross like the serpent, so that those who look to him in faith will live. When we receive the sign of the cross in baptism, that cross becomes the sign we can look to in faith for healing, for restored relationship to God, for hope when we are dying.

Scripture Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; John 3:14-21

The fourth of the Old Testament promises providing a baptismal lens this Lent is the promise God makes to Moses: those who look on the bronze serpent will live. In today’s gospel Jesus says he will be lifted up on the cross like the serpent, so that those who look to him in faith will live. When we receive the sign of the cross in baptism, that cross becomes the sign we can look to in faith for healing, for restored relationship to God, for hope when we are dying.

Readings: Numbers 21:4-9; Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22; John 3:14-21

Join us each throughout the season of Lent for Psalms of Hope!  Tonight Pastor Rebecca Thurman will lead us in Psalm 139.  Come, let us worship! 

The third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central one of Israel’s history: the gift of the law to those God freed from slavery. The commandments begin with the statement that because God alone has freed us from the powers that oppressed us, we are to let nothing else claim first place in our lives. When Jesus throws the merchants out of the temple, he is defending the worship of God alone and rejecting the ways commerce and profit-making can become our gods. This is a text about a Holy Dismantling of that which was corrupt, unjust, and appalling. In the Older Testament, The Ten Commandments are essential to our baptismal call: centered first in God’s liberating love, we strive to live out justice and mercy in our communities and the world.

Scripture Readings: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; John 2:13-22

The third covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the central one of Israel’s history: the gift of the law to those God freed from slavery. The commandments begin with the statement that because God alone has freed us from the powers that oppressed us, we are to let nothing else claim first place in our lives. When Jesus throws the merchants out of the temple, he is defending the worship of God alone and rejecting the ways commerce and profit-making can become our gods. This is a text about a Holy Dismantling of that which was corrupt, unjust, and appalling. In the Older Testament, The Ten Commandments are essential to our baptismal call: centered first in God’s liberating love, we strive to live out justice and mercy in our communities and the world.

Readings: Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; John 2:13-22

Join us each Wednesday throughout the season of Lent for Psalms of Hope!  Tonight, Shawna Day will lead us in Psalm 26. Come, let us worship!

Scripture Reading: Psalm 26

The second covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the one made with Abraham and Sarah: God’s promise to make them the ancestors of many, with whom God will remain in everlasting covenant. Paul says this promise comes to all who share Abraham’s faith in the God who brings life into being where there was no life. We receive this baptismal promise of resurrection life in faith. Sarah and Abraham receive new names as a sign of the covenant, and we too get new identities in baptism, as we put on Christ.

Scripture Readings: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Mark 8:31-38

The second covenant in this year’s Lenten readings is the one made with Abraham and Sarah: God’s promise to make them the ancestors of many, with whom God will remain in everlasting covenant. Paul says this promise comes to all who share Abraham’s faith in the God who brings life into being where there was no life. We receive this baptismal promise of resurrection life in faith. Sarah and Abraham receive new names as a sign of the covenant, and we too get new identities in baptism, as we put on Christ.

Scripture Readings: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16; Psalm 22:23-31; Mark 8:31-38